Iron rest



May 18, 1965 A. BECK IRON REST Filed NOV. 13, 1962 INVENTOR MiLDRED A. 55cm United States Patent 3,184,194 IRON REST Mildred A. Beck, 104 W. 54th St., Chicago, Ill. Filed Nov. 13, 1962, Ser. No. 236,841 Claims. (Cl. 248-1172) This invention relates to supports or stands for irons; to iron stands, holders or rests adapted for convenient use upon an iron board; and more particularly to an improved iron holder arranged to effectively hold or support an electric steam iron upon an ironing board or table in such a manner and position as to permit escape of steam from the hot iron and prevent accumulation of lime deposits therein.

Many types of iron holders heretofore have been disclosed and developed for household use. Generally, however, they have been found to have one or more of the following drawbacks: being unduly heavy; expensive and complicated to construct; require the placement and removal of a heated iron to and from an awkward position; set steam irons at such position as to allow water therein to spill out; require positive connection to the work surface; or do not allow the proper escape of steam generated from a heated iron.

The present invention, in the light of the foregoing, contemplates the provision of a novel iron rest or holder which may be used with all known types of household .irons, which provides an integral framework holder formed from a single metal sheet, and which is capable of positively retaining an iron in a ready to use position and, when used to hold steam irons, permits escape of steam while permitting a minimum of heat transfer from a heated iron to the surface upon which the holder is set.

Accordingly, a principal object of the present invention is to simplify and improve the construction of iron holders of the character described.

Another object of this invention is to provide an iron holder which includes an integral frame construction inexpensively made entirely from sheet stock bent and cut to shape.

In carrying out the invention, it further is an object thereof to provide an iron holder which is relatively light in weight yet possesses the requisite strength and design to safely maintain an iron in a supported position although subjected to abusive use.

A still further object of this invention is to provide an iron holder or rest which, although adapted to hold all types of household irons, is particularly well adapted to maintain a water filled steam iron in an operative position while permitting steam to escape therefrom.

And, still another object of this invention is to provide an iron holder to and from which an iron may be set and removed with a minimum of effort.

The foregoing and other objects, advantages and features of construction will become more apparent upon a consideration of the following description together with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the iron holder comprising the present invention;

FIGURE 2 is a side elevation view of the same;

FIGURE 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 3-3 in FIGURE 2; and,

FIGURE 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 4-4 in FIGURE 3.

Referring to the drawings, reference is first made to the general construction of the iron rest 11 comprising the present invention. Holder 11 includes a base 12, upon which the iron I may be set, the toe portion 13 of the base 12 being maintained at an elevated position above the base heel portion 14 by support structure 15 beneath ice base 12. At the base heel portion 14 a retention wall or flange 16 is provided thereby to provide a pocket area 17 in which the heel portion of an iron may be set.

In its preferred embodiment base 12 is shaped similar- 1y to the shape of the bases of household irons it is intended to hold, and is of an open work or latticed construction which includes generally perpendicular medially intersecting cross-members 18, 19, perimetrically surrounded by a border strip 20 defining the base and including a heel strip 21. Members 13, 19, and border strip 20 further are provided with elevated ridges 22 which serve the dual purpose of supporting an iron thereon with a minimum of contact area and act as strengthening structure to the narrow members 13, 19, and border strip 20. At its innermost edge, heel strip 21 is provided with an upwardly extending wall or flange 16 which extends around to portions of border strip 20, as best seen in FIG- URE 1. As exemplified in the aforementioned description, members 18, 19, border strip 28, and heel strip 21 thus define open areas 23, 24, 25, 26.

As further seen in the drawings, base 12 is maintained at an angle approximating 5 to 15 degrees from the horizontal by legs 27, 27 bent and depending from opposed edges of member 18. The legs 27, 27, which are illustrated as substantially wedge shaped, thus set the position of base 12. They do not, however, extend and depend from the entire length of member 18, and further means must be provided to prevent holder 11 from tipping over when weight is applied to its toe portion 13. To prevent this tipping, such means is provided in the form of downwardly extending supports 28, 2S, bent from an edge of member 19, and arranged and of such length so that their remote ends engage the surface T of the ironing board or work table when the iron rest 11 is set thereon. Further, as seen in FIGURE 2, the supports 28, 28, in their depending position from member 19, extend forwardly or toward the toe portion 13 to engage the surface T at an area beneath toe portion 13, or nearer to the latter than heel portion 14.

Means for preventing slipping of the iron rest 11 upon surface T is provided by the engagement of the remote ends of supports 28, 28, thereon, and further may be provided by notched areas 29 along the surface engaging or lowermost ends of legs 27, 27. The iron rest 11 further may be provided with a hole 30 in border strip 21) to facilitate its display and storage.

Dimensionally the widths of members 18, 19 and border strip 20 preferably are approximately one-half inch, the latter having been found to provide sufiicient rength, especially when they further are provided with the strengthening and elevating ridges 22. In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, the legs 27, 27, and the supports 28, 28, are formed from material from the cut out areas 23, 24, 25, 26, and respectively are formed integrally from members 18, 19, and are bent therefrom to their depending positions. In addition, the retaining wall or flange 16 is provided integrally with and bent upward from the outer edges of heel strip 21 and border strip 20. As may also be seen in the drawings, the border strip 20 may have an integral downwardly depending strengthening flange 31 extending from the area of the ends of retaining flange 16 to the remote end of toe portion 13. It thus may be seen that the herein invention may be formed readily from a sheet metal blank, and stamped and bent to shape by relatively simple and economical methods well known to those in the art. The iron rest 11 further may be chrome or nickel plated for appearance and to prevent corrosion.

In use, the iron rest 11 may be set closely to the work area and upon the work surface T. The heel of the iron I, when the latter is not in use, is set within the heel portion 14 of base 12 and against retaining wall 16,

thus setting the iron I in a slightly tilted position whereat its toe is elevated above its heel, but not at such an exaggerated tilt as to cause water from a steam iron to spill out. At the same time, generated steam readily may continue to escape from such a' steam iron so that there is no undue accumulation of condensed steam from the resting iron. Steam is permitted to escape through the latticed construction of base 12, and also due to the elevation of the resting iron above the surfaces of members 18, 19, and strips 20, 21, by reason of the ridges 22. The iron rest 11 further permits an iron to be easily set upon and removed from it with a minimum of efiort; since, a near gliding movement of the iron, with but little lifting action, is all that is necessary to accomplish V the same.

Although what has been shown and described is a preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that -this is not intended to be exhaustive nor limiting the invention, but instead is given for the purpose of illustration so that the invention may be better understood, and that others skilled in the art may be able to modify and adjust the invention without departing from the spirit thereof, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. An iron rest, comprising: a. base including a pair of substantially perpendicular intersecting cross members surrounded by perimetrical stripping shaped similar to the base of an iron thereby providing iron rest base heel and toe portions, and elevated ridges on said cross members and said stripping; upwardly extending flange structure bent from the outward edges of said perimetrical stripping forming the iron rest base heel portion to provide thereby a pocket area for receiving and holding the heel portion or an iron base set therein; legs bent downwardly from opposed edges of one of said cross members and arranged to set the iron rest base we portion at an elevated position with relation to said iron rest base heel portion; and means bent downwardly from an edge of the other of said cross members and arranged to prevent tipping of the iron rest base toe portion from said elevated position.

2. An iron rest comprising: a base including substantially perpendicular cross strips surrounded by perimetrical strips shaped similar to an iron base thereby providing an iron rest base heel portion and an iron rest base toe portion, and elevated ridges on said cross strips; upwardly extending flange structure bent from the outermost edges of said perimetrical strips forming the heel portion of said iron rest base to provide a pocket area to receive and retain the heel portion of an iron base; legs bent downwardly from opposed edges of one of said cross strips and arranged to set the toe portion of said iron rest base at an elevated position with relation to said iron rest base heel portion; and means bent downwardly from a strip and arranged to prevent tipping of said iron rest base toe portion from its elevated position.

3. The iron rest described in claim 2 and additionally including means on said legs for resisting slipping of said iron rest upon the surface whereat it is set.

4. An iron rest, comprising: a base including substantially perpendicular cross strips surrounded by perimetrical strips shaped similar to an iron base thereby providing a base heel portion and a base toe portion, and elevated ridges on said strips; upwardly extending flange structure bent from the plane of said perimetrical strips along edges thereof forming the heel portion of said base to'provide a pocket area in which to receive the heel portion of an iron; leg means bent downwardly from a strip and arranged to set the toe portion of said iron rest base at an elevated position above the heel portion thereof; and further means bent downwardly from a strip and arranged to prevent tipping of said iron rest base toe portion from its elevated position.

5. An integral iron rest formed from a metal sheet blank, comprising: a base of latticed construction, having the shape of a household iron, and elevated ridges extending along portions thereof; an upwardly extending flange bent from the plane of said base along the heel portion thereof; support structure beneath said base including leg means bent downwardly therefrom, comprised of material from an open portion of said latticed construction, and arranged to set the base toe portion above said heel portion, and further means bent downwardly from the plane of said base, comprised of material from 'an open portion of said latticed construction, and arranged to prevent said base we portion from tipping from its elevated position.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,136,455 Wiener Apr. 20, 1915 2,315,474 Wolcott Mar. 30, 1 963 FOREIGN PATENTS 129,863 Switzerland Jan. 2, 1929 338,260 Great Britain Nov. 20, 1930 

1. AN IRON REST, COMPRISING: A BASE INCLUDING A PAIR OF SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENICULAR INTERSECTING CROSS MEMBERS SURROUNDED BY PERIMETRICAL STRIPPING SHAPED SIMILAR TO THE BASE OF AN IRON THEREBY PROVIDING IRON REST BASE HEEL AND TOE PORTIONS, AND ELEVATED RIDGES ON SAID CROSS MEMBERS AND SAID STRIPPING; UPWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGE STRUCTURE BENT FROM THE OUTWARD EDGES OF SAID PERIMETRICAL STRIPPING FORMING THE IRON REST BASE HEEL PORTION TO PROVIDE THEREBY A POCKET AREA FOR RECEIVING AND HOLDING THE HEEL PORTION OR AN IRON BASE SET THEREIN; LEGS BENT DOWNWARDLY FROM OPPOSED EDGES OF ONE OF SAID CROSS MEMBERS AND ARRANGAED TO SET THE IRON REST BASE TOE PORTION AT AN ELEVATED POSITION WITH RELATION TO SAID IRON REST BASE HEEL PORTION; AND MEANS BENT DOWNWARDLY FROM AN EDGE OF THE OTHER OF SAID CROSS MEMBERS AND ARRANGED TO PREVENT TIPPING OF THE IRON REST BASE TOE PORTION FROM SAID ELEVATED POSITION. 